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Schwartzrock, Herman T. – 1977
Spurred by the success of a pilot program in arts-centered education developed under the Interdisciplinary Model Programs in the Arts for Children and Teachers (IMPACT) project, the Eugene, Oregon, schools established a Magnet Arts alternative school for 150 elementary students. Sharing space and classified staff with a traditional school, it…
Descriptors: Educational History, Elementary Education, Magnet Schools, Nontraditional Education
Cox, David H. – 1979
A report is given of the work of a study committee selected to plan and implement a sex education program at the secondary level. The committee was comprised of students, parents, and teachers. After examining what other schools in the area had done to meet sex education needs, the committee wrote a statement of philosophy and purpose, reacted to…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Needs Assessment, Program Development, Program Evaluation
Coons, Ernest M. – 1973
A 12-day resident camp experience offering the primary objective of predetermined attitudinal change for the participants was developed and compared with a 12-day "typical camp" program. Areas of concern were the development of a more positive self-concept and more positive attitudes toward school and the learning process. Basic purpose of the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitude Change, Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth
McArdle, Janice Lamb; Numrich, Andrea Platt; Walsh, Kristine E. – 2002
This report describes a program designed to empower students through the use of the democratic classroom to improve students' attitudes toward school. Targeted population consisted of sixth grade students in a growing middle class community, located in a major midwestern city. The problem of poor student attitude was documented through data…
Descriptors: Action Research, Attitude Change, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
Vallado, Andres Nicolas – 1975
The purpose of this study was to examine the role, practices, and status of Parent Advisory Committees (PAC) as required by Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and the extent of PAC involvement in the educational decision making process in selected school districts in Texas. The sample consisted of 637 Title I PAC…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Advisory Committees, Compensatory Education, Doctoral Dissertations
Wichmann, Theodore F. – 1976
Environmental stress-challenge programs for delinquent youths as an alternative to the juvenile justice system in the US have shown very favorable results, though little research has been done to determine why. In order to provide information about processes involved in such programs, a checklist of 40 affective role expectations for delinquent…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Affective Objectives
Newman, James F. – 1988
This project was conducted to develop a strategic plan to improve the quality of the Master of Business Administration program at Dowling College (Oakdale, New York), focusing on the issue of specialization in the program, the importance of the curriculum in future careers, the quality of instruction, and the quality of college facilities and…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, College Planning, Curriculum Development, Educational Planning
Goate, Edward W. – 1977
Public demands for accountability in school systems led the Capital School District in Dover, Delaware, to begin investigating management systems in 1974. This investigation led to the adoption of a management by objectives system in 1975 and the addition of program budgeting in 1976, providing the district with the tools of administrative…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Attitudes, Board of Education Role, Community Attitudes
Scott, Walter H. – 1977
The paper reports on the organization and implementation of a plan that assisted 75 mainstreamed educable mentally retarded students meet high school requirements. The report indicates that by the end of the second year 50% of all the mainstreamed students received a passing grade in all high school subjects with the exception of physical…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Planning
Williams, Lofell – 1975
The purpose of this study was to test an experimental plan for improving attendance and achievement in an urban high school in order to determine its effects on the students. The plan for improving achievement and attendance was designed specifically to work effectively with the problems of inadequate student accountability, poor motivation within…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance Patterns, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Programs
Mayeno, Amiko S. – 2000
The purpose of this study was to analyze the ways in which the experiences and concerns of a predominantly African American and Hispanic community affect how they view environmental issues. Their views are intended to serve as a guide in the development of an environmental education program that is being developed at one of the local parks.…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Blacks, Environmental Education, Environmental Influences
Murphy, Kathleen J. – 1988
A generic staff development model for kindergarten through sixth-grade child care programs is described. Recommendations for the what, when, and how of staff development activities are based on a review of the literature and a needs assessment survey administered in two school districts and a private sector, school-age child care program in…
Descriptors: Child Care Occupations, Child Caregivers, Elementary Education, Needs Assessment
Lehr, Judy Brown – 1979
The perceived staff development needs and preferences of teachers in selected middle and junior high schools involved in individualized schooling were the topics of this research. Inservice education strategies preferred by teachers and principals were identified and functional and dysfunctional aspects of programs analyzed. A field study…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Improvement, Junior High Schools
MacGugan, Kirk – 1978
The impact of Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act, prohibiting educational discrimination against the handicapped by institutions receiving Health, Education, and Welfare funds, was investigated specifically as it related to Leeward Community College (Hawaii). Information compiled by the Self-Evaluation 504 Task Force at the college,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Community Colleges, Equal Education, Federal Legislation
Jackson, John Y. – 1974
The purpose of this dissertation was to develop an environmental education master plan for implementing environmental education programs into the schools of Montana. The process used to develop the plan consisted of the following steps: (1) to examine environmental education plans from other states; (2) to determine what Montana educators felt…
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Educational Programs, Educational Research, Environmental Education
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